Tissandier, Gaston, 1843-1899, Frith, Henry, 1840-, Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) DLC · London, New York [etc.] Ward, Lock & Co · leaf 616
A SIMPLE EXPERIMENT. 53 children to hold the paper rings by nieans of two razors,so that the rings rested on the blade. This done, theoperator took a stout stick, and, with all his strength,struck the broomstick in the centre; it was broken intoshivers, but the paper rings were not torn in the… … Another experiment on the same subject. even cut by the razors ! One of my friends, M. M , a painter, showed me how to perform this experiment asrepresented in the illustration. A needle is fixed at eachend of the broomstick, and these needles are made to reston two glasses, placed on chairs ; the…
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